Will Homeland Security Funds Package Pass Congress?

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... that ... would fund the ... Homeland Security ... and ... we won't stop the presence executive actions ... with regard to immigration ... that's how Speaker John Landau morning everyone and welcome the new sub I'm Simon Constable ... Republicans on school rambling to put together a deal to extend funding for the Department of Homeland Security before Enron's out today ... and made nice ... but there's a wrinkle ... any deal is likely to be temporary ... this dish of on his joins us from our bureau in Washington thank you for being mad show on ... happy to be a sign and ... this is seems to be standard practice now a full Washington D C to leave things till the last minute salmon scramble ... nothing focuses the mind like it that I'm that's right you remember we were at this point in October twenty thirteen ... at that point the government did shut down the betting is that is like not likely to happen this time ... but it's going to be very very tight today ... and and it's ... an interesting time to be putting this sort of funding on the line we have increased for a small them ever I can remember in sums of ... Americans being and for Etsy that home will report on this is that the comments that is tasked with keeping us safe ... that's one of the arguments that Democrats are making Wednesday urging Republicans to vote for a measure that finds the Department of Homeland Security through September ... it's also something that many Republicans like Republican Peter King of New Yorkers and saying that it's absolutely crazy to define the Department of Homeland Security at this time ... lots of lots of novelists and soon joined by now to contend with us ... Mitch McConnell this is exactly what he's doing it you know exactly what you're doing ... it's going to be the key to finding a ... new home for you to kill it ... the vote on if you had ... I would make the social knowledge and ... I ... now that I look like a pretty bizarre timeouts nor were the usual one making that speech is in the capital is that blanket says ... that's right the air cases they are talking about ... no that's not unusual in this is the type of interaction that the press pass the time being there when he's under pressure he tenure is artichokes he can laugh ... aam it's an indicator of how tight this is an anti for him ... it's it's can be very time it's important I think that they've been for him that he gets a deal on the heels of the the whole deal on right this is ... the re define the line that he's going to to go through ... Kiev to get the whole deal time he gets ... if if he's lucky and I think is gonna be ... we will find the Department of Homeland Security for three weeks the concept here is that you buy time to try again to negotiate something like that Democrats were they will agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security on the condition ... that you block Mr. Obama said recent executive orders on immigration ... and how likely is such a roll on them and what one other things there is that both bounces up and controlled by the Republicans now ... but the White House still the Democratic clearly with President Obama that the stocks that someone intractable from the outside but ... you tell us so ... you tell us what this is ... you've got a big piece of that rank number one and Mr Obama the Democratic president can veto the legislation ... number two one thing we are starting to learn about now is the power of the minority ... even in a Congress where Republicans control both chambers ... they don't have overwhelming power Why the rules in the Senate the Democrats the ability to block legislation unless the Republicans can muster sixty votes ... Republicans only control fifty four seats and in fact that leaves a lot of power in the hands of just six Democratic senators Lau ... looks lol resting on the shoulders thank you Grandma chew on shoes ... we presented time